Is there a way to coerce POV-Ray 3.5 into doing this without the patch?
Perhaps a pre-processing step on the HDR image and then the appropriate
radiosity parameters?

JP

"Gilles Tran" <git### [at] wanadoofr> wrote in message
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> Here are some tests of the HDRI (high dynamic range illumination) patch by
> Mael.
> The model is the Lego Ferrari by Kenneth Storm (see  the p.b.i thread
"Lego
> Ferrari" on Sept 2).
> The HDR maps are those available at Paul Devebec's site (I put the probes
> name for reference) http://www.debevec.org
> There's nothing much to it actually : just the HDR map, no lights, same
> standard radiosity parameters. There are some visible artefacts in the
maps
> that have many strong light sources (like the Galileo probe), but the way
> the HDR map seems to replace light sources is really amazing (apart the
lack
> of specular highlights, of course).
> I still have to test it on "real" scenes though, where the illumination
also
> comes from regular objects. I really can't take credit for anything in
these
> tests ! Before I tested it, I couldn't figure out whether HDRI was really
> better than plain radiosity, but it really is.
> Important note : the patch is not publicly available yet (there's a
Megapov
> version somewhere) but I hope that Mael will release it soon.
>
> G.
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